The chairman of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games insists the event remains on schedule and on budget despite a director having stepped down over the "poor functioning" of the board.
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Jonathan Browning resigned earlier this week, with the BBC reporting that he had written to Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden to tell of "a culture where over-promising and under-delivering appears to be acceptable."
The BBC said the letter also referenced a "failure to encourage challenge by the directors or to acknowledge the magnitude of risks ahead of the Games in these especially uncertain and volatile times."
John Crabtree, the chairman of the board, released a statement on Tuesday that thanked Brown but added: "Despite the uncertain times we are all facing amidst the global pandemic, we remain resolute in our commitment to keep the Birmingham 2022 Games on track.
"We are on schedule and on budget and are already beginning to deliver significant benefits for the people of Birmingham and the West Midlands."
It was announced in August that athletes would no longer be housed in a purpose-built athletes' village but would instead be in other sites across the Midlands.
Birmingham's PS500 million project has been delayed by the pandemic, while Browning's departure from the board follows the decision of Dame Louise Martin to stand down in July to help address concerns over a lack of diversity among the Games organisers' leadership.
Australian Associated Press
